Jul 9 TBT: Post-Disciplinary Manifesto - draft 3

Pre-amble

Most manifestos or labels define a positive rule. To call work “Interdisciplinary” implies that all work will contain a mix of disciplines. That this disciplinary mixing will be a considered assumption of every project.
Post-disciplinary make no such assumptions. Having worked though “multi” and “inter,” “post” argues that disciplinary assumptions are no longer useful. That art work and artists no longer require of themselves a primary distinction.

Yet “Post” anything must know what went before. It cannot be ignorant of the events of the past. There is no such thing as a clean start. Start from the mess and move towards something. Something that might be called truth.

draft 3. Jacob Zimmer. 09/21/05

Jacob Zimmer is a director, writer, dramaturge, performer and teacher.
Along with being the founding director of Small Wooden Shoe, Jacob works in
dance as a dramaturge with Dancemakers and in an on-going collaboration
with choreographer Ame Henderson/Public Recordings. He also designs
websites and helps out people do things at unclog.ca Jacob studied theatre
at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and listens
to podcasts a lot before which he listened to the CBC a lot. @jacobzimmer

Jacob Zimmer is a director, writer, dramaturge, performer and teacher.
Along with being the founding director of Small Wooden Shoe, Jacob works in
dance as a dramaturge with Dancemakers and in an on-going collaboration
with choreographer Ame Henderson/Public Recordings. He also designs
websites and helps out people do things at unclog.ca Jacob studied theatre
at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and listens
to podcasts a lot before which he listened to the CBC a lot. @jacobzimmer